Railway car



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/v vE/vToF. ARQYLE WPBFLL I #1: Arm/m5) Patented Jul 12, 1927.

Amman QAMBB ELL, or CHICAGO, rumors,- Assmnon ro, ENTERPRISE, RAIL AY EQUIPMENT commiw or cam o mmo 'e A CO31QRATWNQF g rriwnY JCVAVB.

Application filed August 29, 1924. serial 1103734341.

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'Friir ther, my invention resides in certain novelt es of honstriujbmri and arrangement of n afin'fieiniiig" the seine "of to I res st budding of the pointed ont in this spe'ci'fi cati on and elairns.

' the draw ngs "forming e'part of this 7 F speificziti'on v Fi'g i ie, 1 new of the end 2-22 oflFigu're' 1-, 't'hesetion showing slightly p more than lielf tjhe of the" ear. Figuse .3 i; a'tr ajnsyersdlseotipiial View of af 'orvtio n "the oer land isfthken I on line oorre-r spending s ubsfie' itially to the ,lii' e'i3 3' bf Figure 2. Figure 4c "e' viewgof"a'jport on ef the side of ih'e 'c'ar illustrating ona'nen-' la rged sei le the' side I ing mechanism in rel'zi cion toialie side of ear. Fignre 5 is e t'ra insjverse, sectional View of Figured es viewedon theliiie5'-T15 Fi'gu'refiis a rfertioel, transverse; 'se vc'ti0i1 al View stak -in. throu h is d i Ca a d io a Tiiiade 13.

" shown with one door .loeking and ra'isline 'oorresponding substantially to a, line e-"e ofFi-gureiw In silidfc'lrawings' the car is shown as of the gondola "tyjie such car including side 'Well L-X', end Well B, fioor'C, Center-sills D, floor door E, and door operating ir'l e'clianisrii It Will; of eonrse,beunderstoodthahthe consirue t'ion of the am will bedu'plice'te'dbn e'zich' side of the 'eriter' sill; endehamheewo 0i? the pee are similar bi tdescription be confined only it) subwporfiiofiof the ce-r zis shownr? it T Th? Wall A Of the Cal is the plate. girder 't ype f'ii eludimg' sid plate 103130 member "1 1 bocforii member 12min side gmke '18. i The and wa re'ofthe ear iie eln'de's a'ple te': 14;tbp mendheif15 d Sliiliabie reinforcements 1 6 eitenlli'ng tfafis 'i eifsely or the Cbnnee'tioii between the H A f jnmiig ph plate {14 warm flange 17hr hie eorre'spondingiside edge andiiiposing an angle 18" Within the car: The "fid 1" :1" r m mm eea-'of heeerr This Mm 'of zcicinhection-seiw-e's 'to brace the hair against irivers QOifWlllQll passtlir-oiighi the btto'm meme-:12 em this ette memes is prefer bly extendfor the piishplo'le ijocke't Ql Whiohi's iiibun'ted I I ibOtt Oim 'Ifirhber :12 of angular sharpenedpreferabl Consists of a biilb angle member disposed '21s fl nge-22 resting dn the' body emigre depending downwardly "with the biilb ortio n 25 thereof defining the lo'iiver' margin bf the car sideff A "series of transverse Cross- [beams exfend' oi twardljv fromfthe center P nis, said er'os's beem' incliidin'g' iap ragm qf pai shaped foriiidtioii with 'a horizontally Ttending dean eeean -w eseeabh be b frair isverse' Ineiii "ers areeilt o'iit iis indicated riections are made between each stake 13 and cross-beam 26, both directly by means of rivets and also through the medium of the connection angle 31. The car floor C is flanged upwardly as indicated at 32 and of a protection for the main load resisting V guards against overturning of the bracket member 12, guarding the same against corrosion and also constitutes a valuable strengthening member working in unison with the member 12 to maintain the ear square and true.

The floor door E 'is of the usual type, hinged at the center sill as at 34, while the winding and lifting mechanism 35 is of the type shown and fully described in my pending application, Serial No. 691,830, filed February 9, 1924. Said mechanism 35 is carried by a lifting shaft 36 rotatably mounted 1n bearings 37 secured to the outer ends of the crossbeams. The-end bearing member 37 is extended downwardly and has a flange 38 secured to the lower portion of the adjacent side stake. 13 by means of rivets 39. Said member 37 isalso provided with a horizontal flange 40 which extends below the horizontal flange of the crossbeam 26 and is secured thereto by means of rivets 41. Said member 37 carries a locking pawl 42 adapted to co-operate with a ratchet wheel 43 rigidly secured to the shaft 36 and whereby the shaft is locked against reverse rotation. A locking cam 44 is also pivotally mounted on the bracket 37 and is adapted to co-operate with the lower portion of the pawl .42 to maintain the same inlocked position with respect to the ratchet wheel 43. Rotation of the shaft 36 is effected by means of an oscillatable lever 45 pivotally mounted near the end thereof. Said lever is loosely mounted on. the shaft: but co-operation between the lever .and shaft is assured through the medium of pawls 46 engaging with a ratchet wheel 47 one of said pawls being adapted to effectrotation of the shaft in one direction and the other of said pawls being adapted to effect rotation of the shaft in'the opposite direction. a

The connection of the bracket 37 toboth the stake 13 and the crossbeam 26 in the manner indicated forms an exceptionally strong connection and one which thoroughly 37 dueto the load imparted thereon by the pawl 42 as the latter serves to restrain the .doors from opening and also formsa secure heel for the stake 13., Y I

v. It will be seen that the construction of the lower-portion of the side provides a lower from corrosion and also permits of strong nesaaae attachment to the transverse members of the underframe. Furthern'iore, the operating shaft being located below the bulb member 12 it is not obscured from view of the operator and the parts of the door operatmg mechanism are visible and very accessible to the operator. As will be noted by inspection of Figure 5, the lever 45 can be swung through a relatively large are as indicated by the conventional curved line designated by 48.

lVhile I have shown my improved construction applied in connection with a car having dump doors arranged to swing on axes,arrangedlongitudinallyof the car,.I do not wish to limit my improvements to a car of this type, but it will be understood that the same is applicable to various types of cars, for instance the doors might be arranged to swing on axes extending transversely of the car, and I contemplate all constructions which come within the scope and .spirit of the following claims.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In a railway car the combination with an undcrframe including a transverse beam member; of a side wall having a stake secured thereto and extending below the transverse beam; a dump door in the floor of the car; means for operating the door; ratchet means cooperating with said operating means a pawl co-acting with the ratchet means for preventing retrograde movement of said operating means; and a flanged bracket on which said pawl is pivotally mounted, said bracket being secured by its flanges respectively to the transverse beam and to the downwardly extending portion of the side stake. j

2. In a railway car, the combination with an underframe including a transverse beam member; of a side wall having a stake secured thereto and extending below the transverse beam; a dump door in the floor of the car; a door operating shaft; and abracket having a bearing fol-"said shaft, said bracket being secured to that portion of the stake which extends below the transverse beam.

3. In a'railway car, the combination with the transverse beams of the 'underfraine; of an end sheet; a side sheet having the lower portion thereof depending below the floor of the car; an angular member secured to such depending port-ion of the side sheet and having one flange secured to the transverse beams and having the other flange depending below the same and secured to the side sheet; and a gusset connection between the angular member and the end sheet.

4. In a railway car side a lower chord formed of two angularly shaped metallic members, one ,of'Which forms a floor portion of'the car, said members extending longitudinally substantially the full length of the car side and having horizontally arlea members having a flange extending below the said horizontal flange, said upwardly and downwardly extending flanges lying in a common substantially vertical plane, the downwardly extending vertical flange on its lower extremity being provided with a bulb formation; and metallic side wall sheeting overlapping said vertically extending flanges and being rigidly secured to both of them.

5. In a railway car side, a lower chord formed of two angularly shaped metallic members extending longitudinally the full length of the car side and having horizontally arranged inwardly disposed flanges secured together, one of said members having its vertically disposed flange extending upwardly from said horizontal flange, and the other of said members having a-flange extending below the horizontal flange thereof, said flanges lying in a common substantially vertical plane, and the lower flange on its lower extremity being provided with a bulb formation; and metallic side wall sheeting overlapping both of said vertically extending flanges and being secured to the vertical flanges of both of said angularly shapedmembers.

In witness that have hereunto subscribed my name day of August, 1924.

ARGYLE CAMPBELL.

I claim the foregoing I this 18th 

